They said it doesn't hurt. You have to be quite careful, though - they had a few problems with tourists trying to come along and pull on the ropes, which was potentially very dangerous.

I told Gail I'd refuse to watch it after season 2 unless she'd tell me if any of the characters I really hate die! I seem to remember they probably do, so maybe I'll get back into it for that. A bit like the way me and Stewart cheer at the end of the Trinity series of Dexter!

"I've been in love with the morbid, ebony-black grotesqueness of the 19th century since I was knee-high to a funeral mute."

Not as great as some cons I have been too. I had done everything by 1pm and had to wait 5 hours until my photoshoot. Nice zombie cupcakes. You couldn't hear the panels unless you were right at the front. Norman Reedus kept appearing on the balcony, waving and spraying foam at us. Norman was very nice when I met him.